Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1997

2,121 cases in 1997, newest first. Every case.

94,304 NTSB cases since 1962, each on its own page in plain English with the NTSB's probable cause and narrative, linked to the aircraft's registry record and its model. So far in 2026: 1,198 cases, 215 of them fatal, 478 people killed. No one is named on these pages.

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Cases newest first · 2,121

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1997-06-20	DCA97WA067 incident	Boeing 737-548 EICDT	Copenhagen DA	no injuries	Preliminary
1997-06-20	FTW97LA231	Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A N148RA	Waldenburg Arkansas	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-06-20	LAX97FA217	Piper PA 31-310 N266MM	San Diego California	3 killed destroyed	Final
1997-06-20	LAX97LA218	Hughes 369HS N4250N	Pacific Ocean PO	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-06-20	MIA97LA190	Schweizer G-164B N6816Q	Edwards Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-20	SEA97LA145	Amateur-built VANS RV-6 N345JE	Woods Cross Utah	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-20	SEA97LA146	Cessna 150H N6599S	Sweet Home Oregon	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-20	SEA97LA147	Amateur-built SMITH M/P DSA-1 N168RW	Bend Oregon	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-06-20	SEA97LA150	Amateur-built JUNIOR ACE N9017	East Wenatchee Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-19	ANC97LA086	Cessna 185F N60859	Sitka Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-19	CHI97LA172	Cessna 150K N5738G	Ypsilanti Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-19	CHI97LA173	Beech V35B N25643	Kaiser Missouri	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-19	FTW97FA229	Air Tractor AT-301 N7308E	Las Animas Colorado	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-06-19	MIA97LA187	Amateur-built PITTS S-1S N7211R	Greenwood Mississippi	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-19	NYC97IA123 incident	Beech 1900D N165YV	Clarksburg West Virginia	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-06-19	NYC97LA122	Piper PA-28-181 N2111G	Manchester Kentucky	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-18	CHI97LA171	Amateur-built MUSTANG II N11WJ	Portage Michigan	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-06-18	FTW97LA228	Rockwell S-2R N4859X	Pond Creek Oklahoma	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-06-18	FTW97LA230	Piper PA-32-300T N8056Y	Del Norte Colorado	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-18	LAX97IA209 incident	Mcdonnell Douglas MD-83 N875RA	Las Vegas Nevada	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-06-17	CHI97LA168	Cessna 150G N3787J	Franklin Indiana	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-06-17	CHI97LA169	Piper PA-38-112 N2455F	Minneapolis Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-17	LAX97LA215	Schempp-Hirth NIMBUS 3/24.5 N4427M	Macdoel California	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-17	LAX97LA216	Cessna 120 N1819N	Hollister California	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-17	SEA97LA143	Cessna A188 N9766V	Richland Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-16	LAX97LA212	Schweizer G-164B N3631G	Rio Linda California	serious injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-16	LAX97LA214	Cessna 150 N22406	Jean Nevada	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-06-16	LAX97TA213	Bell 47G-3B-1 N1335X	Fallon Nevada	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-16	NYC97LA116	Amateur-built RANS S-4 N495J	Cedar Bluff Virginia	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-06-16	SEA97LA141	Amateur-built MURPHY REBEL N224MR	Marion Montana	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-16	SEA97LA144	Beech N35 N1382Z	Hillsboro Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-15	FTW97FA221	Cessna 172N N738YG	Greenbrier Arkansas	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-06-15	IAD97LA090	Cessna 150 N8080S	Punxsutawney Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-15	MIA97LA183	Beech B19 N59BW	New Smyrna Bch Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-15	MIA97LA184	Cessna 150G N2276J	Greer South Carolina	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-15	NYC97FA118	Cessna 152 N93908	Edgewater Maryland	2 killed destroyed	Final
1997-06-15	NYC97LA114	Luscombe 8F N1894B	New Town Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-15	NYC97LA117	Bellanca 7GCBC N2537Z	Harrisonburg Virginia	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-15	NYC97LA120	Amateur-built P51 MUSTANG N515JB	North Rose New York	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-06-14	CHI97LA167	Grumman G-164 N663B	Council Grove Kansas	no injuries destroyed	Final
1997-06-14	CHI97LA170	Waco YMF N820MM	Longville Minnesota	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-14	FTW97FA220	Ayres S2R-T34 N3103D	Corning Arkansas	1 killed destroyed	Final
1997-06-14	FTW97IA222 incident	Aerospatiale ATR-72-12 N438AT	Dallas Texas	no injuries minor damage	Final
1997-06-14	FTW97LA226	Robinson R22 BETA N4041W	San Antonio Texas	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-14	IAD97LA089	Piper PA-28 N9268W	Morgantown Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-14	LAX97LA211	Maule M-4-220C N40654	Gualala California	serious injuries destroyed	Final
1997-06-14	NYC97WA115	Cessna 185F N4758E	Bagotville Canada	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1997-06-14	SEA97LA139	Cessna 172 N8776B	Wendover Utah	minor injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-14	SEA97LA142	Glaser-Dirks DG-400 N321V	Weston Oregon	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1997-06-13	ATL97LA086	Mcdonnell Douglas MDHC-369E N765KV	Okahumpka Florida	serious injuries	Final

About these pages

The records come from the NTSB's public aviation accident database, refreshed here every week. Each case has a permanent page at eflight.com/accidents/<case number>; the plain-English summary is built from the NTSB's coded fields, and the probable cause and narrative are the NTSB's own words. "Preliminary" means the investigation is still open; the final report usually follows within one to two years, and the page updates when it does. Pilots, passengers and other people involved are not named, the site's policy at this time. Where the aircraft is still on the U.S. register, the page links to its registry record; where the model has a page here, it links to that too.